Previous literature motivates the particular simulation settings used here. [1]} investigates the correlation between markers by simulating a single chromosome with equidistant markers. All combinations of chromosome lengths of 50, 75, and 100 cM with markers equidistant at 50, 25, 12.5, and 6.25 cM were simulated for populations of 500 \(F_2\)  intercross offspring. [2]} instead simulates twelve chromosomes of length 100 cM with markers every 20 cM along each for a population of 250 \(N_2\)  backcross offspring.
